Rada authorizes judge-grafter Buran’s detention. PHOTOS

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has sanctioned detention and pretrial confinement of Oleksii Buran - judge of the Malynovskyi district court of Odesa suspected of bribetaking.

255 MPs voted for the decision to detain the judge. 247 lawmakers supported the decree on his pretrial confinement, Censor.NET informs.

In debating the issue, the representatives of all factions expressed the need to strip the judge of the immunity.

It was also clarified during the discussion that the judge would not be actually arrested inside the parliament. However, this parliament's decision allowed the prosecutor's office to take measures aimed at the arrest of the suspected judge.

People's Front MP Anton Herashchenko has also posted pictures showing NABU detectives taking Buran out from the Verkhovna Rada building some minutes after the vote.